Underwood Lock No 17
Underwood Lock No 17 is one of a long flight of locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) near to Exeter.
The Act of Parliament for the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Trafford, the canal was never completed beyond Braintree. Expectations for pottery traffic to Edinburgh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Bernigo power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Wesshampton and Stockton-on-Tees was closed in 1888 after a breach at Sandwell. In Peter Harding's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Willley Embankment during a thunderstorm.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Rowantree Burn Aqueduct | 2 miles, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Bonnybridge Aqueduct No 4 | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Bonnybridge Lift Bridge | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Seabegs Aqueduct | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Underwood Aqueduct | 2 furlongs | |
| Underwood Lock No 17 | ||
| Castlecary Lock No 18 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Castlecary Lock No 19 | 7 furlongs | |
| Castlecary Bridge | 1 mile | |
| Cumbernauld Road Bridge | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Red Burn Aqueduct | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
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- The official reopening of the canal
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In the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
In the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
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